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OINT
Definition of OINT
verb
To anoint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OINT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OINT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read INOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found OINT?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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